About W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr

Real Estate Prices and Overview

W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr median real estate price is $103,866, which is more expensive than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in
Alabama and 19.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr
is currently $837, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.
Rents here are currently lower in price than 46.9% of Alabama
neighborhoods.

W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr is a suburban neighborhood (based on population
density) located in Selma, Alabama.

W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom)
single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate
is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood
are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in
W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 27.5%.
This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 92.7% of
all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here
is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods
dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied.
But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that
can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you
may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing
is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look
the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for
a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups.
This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Notable & Unique: Diversity

Did you know that the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood has more
Lithuanian and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly
any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of
this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 3.8% have Scots-Irish ancestry.

Notable & Unique: Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 95.8% of commuters who live in the
W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood get to work each day by driving
alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than
98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Notable & Unique: People

The W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood has a greater percentage
of children living in poverty (61.6%) than found in
95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty
is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this
neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

The Neighbors

The Neighbors: Income

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low
income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a
neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children,
who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities,
the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty,
which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals
both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood in Selma are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower
than 83.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
With 61.6% of the children here below the federal poverty
line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.8%
of U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors: Occupations

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has
a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about
the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood, 30.3% of the working population is employed in
sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is
clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed.
Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations
(22.0%), and 17.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves,
Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily
from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods
home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more
unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households
– and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live
in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents
or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood in Selma, AL, residents
most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.9%).
There are also a number of people of Irish
ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report English roots
(9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican
ancestry (4.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents
(3.8%), among others.

The Neighbors: Languages

The most common language spoken in the W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr
neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.1%).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your
day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially
with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and
means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically
located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set
up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike.
The greatest number of commuters in W Dallas Ave / Hooper Dr neighborhood spend
under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.8% of working
residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (95.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work.
In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning
a car useful for getting to work.

* Depending on where you live in the neighborhood, your children may attend certain schools from the above list and not others. In some cases, districts allow students to attend schools anywhere in the district. Always check with your local school department to determine which schools your children may attend based on your specific address and your child's grade-level.

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